diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst b/Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst
index 60492d4df2ee..8fc96975b3bd 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst
@@ -415,6 +415,7 @@ The following netdev notifiers are always run under the instance lock:
 For devices with locked ops, currently only the following notifiers are
 running under the lock:
 * ``NETDEV_CHANGE``
+* ``NETDEV_CHANGENAME``
 * ``NETDEV_REGISTER``
 * ``NETDEV_UP``
 
diff --git a/net/core/lock_debug.c b/net/core/lock_debug.c
index 14fd8fcdcd56..8a81c5430705 100644
--- a/net/core/lock_debug.c
+++ b/net/core/lock_debug.c
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ int netdev_debug_event(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long event,
 		break;
 
 	case NETDEV_CHANGENAME:
+		netdev_assert_locked_ops(dev);
 		ASSERT_RTNL_NET(net);
 		break;
 	}